HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE LEBANESE
COMMUNIST PARTY

ANTELIAS, LEBANON, July 30 (Noyan Tapan). His Holiness Aram I received
George Hawi, the former Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist
Party, at St. Mary’s Armenian Monastery in Bikfaya. As the
Catholicosate of Cilicia Communication and Information Department
reports, they discussed the Lebanese National Reconciliation Project,
which has been established by Mr Hawi. Praising the project, His
Holiness spoke of the importance of strengthening national unity in
Lebanon by basing that unity on democratic principles. He further
spoke of Lebanon’s important role as the link between the West and the
Arab countries. Finally, His Holiness spoke of the importance of
preserving community rights and of strengthening the relations between
the Lebanese state and its people.